Football
Ryan Wallace
- Title:
- Co-Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends
Ryan Wallace is in his first season at Oregon State in 2026 as co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach, arriving in Corvallis after coaching tight ends who earned Big Ten Tight End of the Year, All-America and all-conference honors while helping direct some of the nation’s most productive passing offenses.
Wallace came to Oregon State after three seasons as tight ends coach at Louisville, where he joined the program in December 2022. He previously spent six seasons on the Purdue offensive staff in a variety of roles.
Coaching Highlights
• At Louisville, coached a tight ends group that combined for 17 touchdown receptions across three seasons while helping direct an offense that ranked among the nation’s best in total offense and passing yards
• Coached Purdue tight end Brycen Hopkins to Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year honors, First Team All-Big Ten and USA Today Second Team All-America recognition in 2019 (61 receptions, 830 yards, seven touchdowns — the most receptions and yardage by a Purdue tight end since 2007)
• Coached Payne Durham to Second Team All-Big Ten honors in 2022 (56 receptions, 560 yards, eight touchdowns); Durham finished his career second on Purdue’s all-time tight end list for receiving touchdowns (21) and sixth in receiving yards (1,265)
• Coached Western Kentucky tight ends Mitchell Henry and Tyler Higbee to all-conference honors in 2014; Higbee was selected in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams
• Part of a Western Kentucky staff that won the 2015 Conference USA Championship Game and Miami Beach Bowl and finished No. 24 in the final Associated Press poll, ranking first nationally in passing touchdowns, fifth in passing yards and scoring offense and eighth in total offense
• Helped Austin Peay finish third in the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing in 2016 while breaking school game records for total offense multiple times; the Governors signed the No. 1 FCS recruiting class that year per 24/7 Sports
Coaching Career
• Oregon State (2026-present) — Co-Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends
• Louisville (2023-25) — Tight Ends
• Purdue (2017-22) — Offensive / Special Teams Quality Control (2017-18); Tight Ends / Special Teams Assistant (2019-21); Tight Ends (2022; also assisted with the offensive line)
• Austin Peay (2016) — Tight Ends
• Western Kentucky (2013-15) — Graduate Assistant; worked with the offensive line (2013) and tight ends (2014-15)
Playing Career & Education
• Played tight end at Western Kentucky for two seasons (2011-12)
• Played offensive tackle at Kentucky in 2010
• Bachelor’s degree in political science from Western Kentucky (2013); master’s degree in sports administration from Western Kentucky (2015)
Personal
Wallace and his wife, Sammie, have one son, Seager.
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Wallace came to Oregon State after three seasons as tight ends coach at Louisville, where he joined the program in December 2022. He previously spent six seasons on the Purdue offensive staff in a variety of roles.
Coaching Highlights
• At Louisville, coached a tight ends group that combined for 17 touchdown receptions across three seasons while helping direct an offense that ranked among the nation’s best in total offense and passing yards
• Coached Purdue tight end Brycen Hopkins to Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year honors, First Team All-Big Ten and USA Today Second Team All-America recognition in 2019 (61 receptions, 830 yards, seven touchdowns — the most receptions and yardage by a Purdue tight end since 2007)
• Coached Payne Durham to Second Team All-Big Ten honors in 2022 (56 receptions, 560 yards, eight touchdowns); Durham finished his career second on Purdue’s all-time tight end list for receiving touchdowns (21) and sixth in receiving yards (1,265)
• Coached Western Kentucky tight ends Mitchell Henry and Tyler Higbee to all-conference honors in 2014; Higbee was selected in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams
• Part of a Western Kentucky staff that won the 2015 Conference USA Championship Game and Miami Beach Bowl and finished No. 24 in the final Associated Press poll, ranking first nationally in passing touchdowns, fifth in passing yards and scoring offense and eighth in total offense
• Helped Austin Peay finish third in the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing in 2016 while breaking school game records for total offense multiple times; the Governors signed the No. 1 FCS recruiting class that year per 24/7 Sports
Coaching Career
• Oregon State (2026-present) — Co-Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends
• Louisville (2023-25) — Tight Ends
• Purdue (2017-22) — Offensive / Special Teams Quality Control (2017-18); Tight Ends / Special Teams Assistant (2019-21); Tight Ends (2022; also assisted with the offensive line)
• Austin Peay (2016) — Tight Ends
• Western Kentucky (2013-15) — Graduate Assistant; worked with the offensive line (2013) and tight ends (2014-15)
Playing Career & Education
• Played tight end at Western Kentucky for two seasons (2011-12)
• Played offensive tackle at Kentucky in 2010
• Bachelor’s degree in political science from Western Kentucky (2013); master’s degree in sports administration from Western Kentucky (2015)
Personal
Wallace and his wife, Sammie, have one son, Seager.
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